Examples of Deism in the following topics:
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- Deism played a major part in inspiring enlightenment philosophy and in the creation of the principle of religious freedom.
- Paine published a treatise that helped to popularize Deism throughout the USA and Europe.
- Another major contributor to Deism was Elihu Palmer (1764–1806), who wrote the "Bible" of American deism in his (1801) and attempted to organize Deism by forming the "Deistical Society of New York.
- "The Age of Reason—a treatise that helped to popularize Deism throughout the USA and Europe.
- Another major contributor to Deism was Elihu Palmer (1764–1806), who wrote the "Bible" of American deism in his Principles of Nature (1801) and attempted to organize Deism by forming the "Deistical Society of New York. "
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- Attempts to reconcile science and religion led to the growing appeal of Deism, often resulting from a rejection of prophecy, miracle, and revealed religion.
- An alternative religion was Deism, the philosophical belief in a deity based on reason, rather than religious revelation or dogma.
- Deism greatly influenced the thought of intellectuals and Founding Fathers, including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, perhaps George Washington, and, especially, Thomas Jefferson.
- When Jefferson was attacked for his Deism in the 1800 election, Republican politicians strove to distance their candidate from Paine.
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- Attempts to reconcile science and religion led to the growing appeal of Deism, often resulting from a rejection of prophecy, miracle, and revealed religion.
- For these philosophers, an acceptable alternative was Deism, the philosophical belief in a deity based on reason rather than on religious revelation or dogma.
- Deism greatly influenced intellectuals and several noteworthy 18th-century Americans, such as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson.
- Drawing on the principles of Deism and the Enlightenment's aversion to established faiths, James Madison later enshrined religious tolerance as a fundamental American right in the United States Bill of Rights.
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- Deism is a loosely used term that describes the views of certain English and continental thinkers.
- Deism stressed morality and rejected the orthodox Christian view of the divinity of Christ, often viewing him as a sublime, but entirely human, teacher of morality.
- Deism influenced the development of Unitarianism in America.
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- It has been described as a reaction against skepticism, deism and rational Christianity, although why those forces became pressing enough at the time to spark revivals is not fully understood.
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- It has been described as a reaction against skepticism, deism, and rational Christianity, although why those forces became pressing enough at the time to spark revivals is not fully understood.